Pirate
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A sea-iobher, who, to enrich himself, by subtlety or opeu force, setteth upon merchants and others trading by sea, despoiling them of their loading, and sometimes bereaving them of life and sinking their ships. Ridley, View pt.
2, c. 1, s. 3.
One guilty of the crime of piracy. Merlin, Rupert. See, for the etymology of this word, Bac. Abr. Piracy.
See Piracy.